Market At Its First Major Inflection Point Of 2015 - Part I [View article]

Excellent analysis, represents my thoughts exactly. I would add one more to the list: the struggling financial industry, and more specifically, the poor outlook for the banks considering the unlikelihood that the Fed will raise rates this year.

The recent CPI number of -0.4% is a move in the opposite direction from the Fed's 2% inflation target, and without increased rates to help the banks, it's hard to see how they will flourish this year. In an environment like the one that's been created by the bursting of the energy bubble -- with possibly a burst of the housing market on tap next -- the market needs the financial industry to step up and take leadership, and that's seeming less and less likely to happen. That leaves a market resting on not much else but overextended health care and tech sectors? In the face of global deflation, popped energy bubble and a largely still-struggling consumer, it's hard to see what's going to sustain markets in 2015.

You have a strange definition of "personal responsibility." When someone misleads you -- as GTAT management appears to have misled investors -- the one who has misled you is at fault, not you. In that case, you just did the best you could with the information which was available.

CEOs of public companies are responsible to their shareholders, and are obligated to tell them the truth. To write off their statements as "hoopla and hype," if that is what you're doing when you refer to the statements they made represented by bloggers here, that is really disingenuous at best. At worst, it shows an utter lack of understanding of the responsibility management has to the shareholders, and egregiously shifts the blame onto the victims.

I think this solution makes too much sense for Apple. They're not exactly known for doing the smartest thing without some arm twisting (a la Carl Icahn), or the reality of overwhelming customer demand (e.g., larger screens).

Why "S&P 2000″ Is A Fed Manufactured Mirage: The "Buy The Dips" Chart That Says It All [View article]

I hold $AMZN, but I plan to dump at the first bounce. This time could be different, as they are projecting half to 3/4 of a BILLION dollar loss next Q. What??? Bezos has p*ssed off a lot of invenstors. So this could have been a bad time to buy, imho. Barring any small bounces, you might have caught a falling knife. In any case, it's going to be a while before AMZN regains enough investor confidence to start rising meaningfully again. Bezos needs to get over his "conquer the world" fixation and start showing some profit - any profit!

Algorithm Predicts That Amazon Is Still Hot, Even If The Fire Phone Goes Up In Smoke [View article]

5C is $99, 5S $199, but I don't think 6 will be avail. for $99. And definitely not $99 with free 2-day shipping at AMZN (if you shop there), and unlimited free photo storage. But I could be wrong, in which case I would concede that you have a point. But first let's see if iPhone 6 will be $99 subsidized. I don't think that's happening. ;-)